Key result
The relationship between carotid artery calcification and carotid intima-media thickness was not predictive of the relationship between coronary artery calcification and coronary obstruction.
Why the study?
Can the relationship between carotid artery intima-media thickness and carotid calcium be used to improve the correlation between coronary calcification and coronary atherosclerosis?
Cross-Sectional (n=50)
Can the relationship between carotid artery intima-media thickness and carotid calcium be used to improve the correlation between coronary calcification and coronary atherosclerosis?
The relationship between carotid calcification and IMT cannot be used to predict the relationship between coronary calcification and obstruction due to intraindividual variation in plaque mass to calcification among different vessels.
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Carotid calcification-IMT relations should not inform coronary obstruction risk; leaves open vessel-specific plaque-calcification patterns.
Arad et al. (1998) conducted a cross-sectional in Atherosclerosis and vascular calcification (n=50). Electron beam CT (EBCT), angiography, and ultrasonography was evaluated on Correlation between findings in the carotid and coronary arteries (calcification and atherosclerosis). The relationship between carotid artery calcification and carotid intima-media thickness was not predictive of the relationship between coronary artery calcification and coronary obstruction.
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